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The scope is not among the newest or the best ones, besides it's used. Sadly the X-Y mechanical slide stage is practically unfunctional because it's missing some details, also the spare objective slots are missing the plastic caps. The scope needs some serious cleaning as well, and I'll need to buy some additional components, but, hell yeah, after many years I've got a microscope again!!!

I used to have one when I was a kid, god I loved playing with it, but one summer when I was 15 or 16 burglars broke into our apartment (using the scaffold which was installed outside the house for renovation works) and among many other things did not spare my beloved scope. Those faggots never got caught

But oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy

Well, nevermind, just wanted to share my joy and brag a bit My next goal now is to finally get that Nikon Coolpix 4500 digicam I've had my eye on for ages, and complete my setup.

I believe they make practically everything that have a lens, I have yet to see a LOMO camera though. I have heard that they have a strong following in Austria (promoted by Austrian Lomographische AG which has licensed the trademark from St. Petersburg's LOMO), but I'm not sure.

Why do I want the Nikon Coolpix 4500? Because I'm a sucker for those swivel-body Nikon cameras CP4500 is the last one in the series and I've been drooling at it ever since it was announced some time in 2002. So if they don't release a new camera in this line anytime soon, I'm buying the CP4500 which is a gem of a digital camera! It's very suitable for using with microscopes and telescopes (lenses match the diameters of the eyepieces and camera has an internal zoom, meaning the objective does not slide out). CP4500 is legendary for its exceptional macro - without adding any external lenses it focuses as close as 2 cm. Oh, well, just have a look at some pics